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How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849

WPR Reports - January 30, 2024 22:47 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
A challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last […]

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Coming Soon – How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849

WPR Reports - January 30, 2024 22:43 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
A challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last […]

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Bonus: Citizen Erne

WPR Reports - November 03, 2023 15:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In fall 2023, the moment Ernesto Rodriguez of La Crosse had been waiting decades for had arrived. He finally became a U.S. citizen, more than 40 years after arriving in Wisconsin following the Mariel boatlift.

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How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin since 1849

WPR Reports - September 09, 2023 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
A challenge to Wisconsin's abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last June when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In our special "How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin since 1849," WPR repo...

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Coming Soon - How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin since 1849

WPR Reports - September 01, 2023 22:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
A challenge to Wisconsin's abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last June when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In our special "How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin since 1849," WPR repo...



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The mass exoduses that followed the Cuban Revolution

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:08 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Failed Dreams and Embassy Breaks


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Cuban refugees stuck in limbo in Wisconsin

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:06 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
A New Home at Fort McCoy


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Mariel refugees find their way in the Midwest

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:05 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Becoming a Wisconsinite


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Uprooted, Ep. 8: Cuba is Calling

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:35 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
The Cuban exiles who arrived in Wisconsin in 1980 as part of the Mariel Boatlift have become family to one another. They are Wisconsinites. But their hearts remain in Cuba, and they want to visit their homeland one more time - if they can find a way.

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Uprooted, Ep. 7: Crime and Adversity

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:30 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Some Mariel refugees made questionable decisions while adjusting to life in the Midwest in the 1980s. They've all faced discrimination. And all of them have tried to move forward as their pasts continue to haunt them.

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Uprooted, Ep. 6: Becoming a Wisconsinite

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:25 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
The Cubans who immigrated to the United States during the Mariel Boatlift have left Fort McCoy. Some found homes in Wisconsin and got jobs. Some started families. But first, they had to find sponsors.

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Uprooted, Ep. 5: A New Home at Fort McCoy

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:20 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Fort McCoy was one of four U.S. military installations that housed Cuban refugees after the Mariel Boatlift in 1980. Almost 15,000 Cubans lived there that summer and fall while waiting to connect with family members or find sponsors.

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Uprooted, Ep. 4: The Mariel Boatlift

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:15 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
People who left Cuba to come to the United States as part of the Mariel Boatlift in 1980 share their experiences of traveling across the sea and their first memories stepping ashore in Florida.

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Uprooted, Ep. 3: Failed Dreams and Embassy Breaks

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:10 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
The Cuban revolution promised people a better life: free health care, schools and subsidized housing for everyone. But this came at a cost - and some weren't willing to pay the price. So they began leaving the country in the 1960s, and it all came to a head in 1980.

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Uprooted, Ep. 2: Youth Lost to a Revolution

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:05 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
When Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959, some feared the shift to communism and left almost right away. Decades later, the changes brought on by the revolution would also lead to almost 15,000 Cuban refugees coming to Wisconsin as part of the Mariel Boatlift of 1980.

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Uprooted, Ep. 1: From Cuba to Oktoberfest

WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Enrique More has roots in La Crosse. He's been a part of the city's music scene for decades, most notably playing with Mr. Blink. Wisconsin is his home. But it didn't feel much like home when he first got here, when he was one of a handful of Cubans to settle in La Crosse after arriving in 1980 a...

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Introducing: Uprooted

WPR Reports - October 05, 2022 17:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In 1980, nearly 15,000 Cuban refugees were sent to Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. They left their homes as part of the Mariel boatlift mass exodus. In this podcast, meet the Cubans who stayed in Wisconsin and find out what their lives have been like as they live in legal limbo.



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Mapped Out, Ep. 8: The Final Map

WPR Reports - June 01, 2022 11:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
When people look back at Wisconsin's redistricting cycle of 2021, they might wonder how the Republican-led Legislature came out on top again, despite repeated and significant setbacks.

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Mapped Out Ep. 8:The Final Map

WPR Reports - June 01, 2022 11:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
When people look back at Wisconsin's redistricting cycle of 2021, they might wonder how the Republican-led Legislature came out on top again, despite repeated and significant setbacks.

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Mapped Out, Ep. 7: Least Changes

WPR Reports - December 09, 2021 12:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
The new redistricting maps proposed by Republican leaders in the state Legislature are based on the old maps approved in 2011. And while it may have been obscured by the partisan bickering that greeted the proposal, an important question emerges: Can the map that helped Republicans cement their m...


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Mapped Out Ep. 7:Least Changes

WPR Reports - December 09, 2021 12:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
The new redistricting maps proposed by Republican leaders in the state Legislature are based on the old maps approved in 2011. And while it may have been obscured by the partisan bickering that greeted the proposal, an important question emerges: Can the map that helped Republicans cement their m...

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Mapped Out Ep. 6:How It Might Go

WPR Reports - November 03, 2021 11:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In Wisconsin, it's the job of the Legislature and the governor to handle redistricting every decade, and pretty much no one thinks they're actually going to do it this time around. With split control of state government, things are likely headed to court, but which court and when are still open q...

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